APPENDIX 4-1 BOISE, PAYETTE AND WEISER SUBBASINS PROJECT INVENTORY

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1 Boise, Payette, and Weiser Subbasins Assessment May 2004 APPENDIX 4-1, ETTE AND SER SUBBASINS PROJECT INVENTORY The purpose of the project inventory is to provide a generalized picture of the types of fish and wildlife restoration activities that are currently being conducted in the watershed, along with information as to who is responsible for funding the projects. The information presented here was collected from technical and planning team participants through the project inventory website or through direct submission. Additional information was collected from websites of funding and implementation agencies and through interviews of nonparticipants. Due to the size of the Boise, Payette and Weiser subbasins and the number of agencies, nonprofit organizations, and private parties actively engaged in fish and wildlife restoration activities, it is unlikely that all activities implemented within the last 5 years have been captured here. However, we believe that the information provided here covers the broad scope of most of the current types of activities taking place. One of the challenges in building the project inventory is finding summarized descriptions of the work. Some agencies have summary tables of their projects, while others have full descriptions of work proposed or to be done. The various National Forests are eamples of that situation. Some National Forests have tables listing their projects, while others have pages of scoping documents. On the other hand, there are numerous small projects. Many of these are relatively inepensive and required little time, such as trough or fence installations and maintenance on eisting features. There are also programs that affect the environment such as the noious weed control programs. The weed control program is conducted by weed control districts composed of communities, counties, or regions. Other weed control projects are conducted outside the weed control program by other resource management agencies. Redundancies in listings also occur because many projects are joint ventures and were listed by each organization. For some organizations, the land holdings are the projects. The Nature Conservancy is one such eample. Each of its land holdings is listed as a project. There may be some detail about the restorative or maintenance activities but not always. The same is true of some regional organizations that establish conservation easements. Other projects are part of an overall work effort. Eamples are the Idaho Department of Fish and Game s habitat improvement projects through the WMA (Wildlife Management Areas) and HIP (Habitat Improvement Program) programs. The work is described in terms of regions, costs, and numbers and types of sites but not in terms of specific watersheds. 1

2 Life History and Population of Migratory Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus) in Arrowrock Reservoir, Idaho. Boise Idaho Dept. of ted Fish and Game Further research needed is: 1. Quantify bull trout recruitment from tributaries and Anderson Ranch Reservoir to Arrowrock Reservoir. 2. Continue to quantify magnitude of entrainment loss of bull trout to Lucky Peak Reservoir and relate to Arrowrock Reservoir water level and time of year. Determine the impact of entrainment loss on bull trout populations upstream from Arrowrock Dam. 3. Determine feasibility of using bull trout redd surveys to monitor bull trout population trends. 4. Survey NFBR and MFBR tributaries during documented summer rearing periods to determine tributary use by adfluvial bull trout. 5. Radio tag more bull trout in Strata 2 (R). Determine if their movement patterns are similar to Strata 1 and 3 tagged bull trout. X ELK CREEK EXCLOSURE Boise Idaho Department of Fish and Game Ongoin g 1936 Conservation 1996 Data Center Elk Creek Eclosure RNA is The site was heavily grazed within Management Area 5, during the late 1800's and early Prairie/Long Gulch, in the Boise 1900's until 1930, when the National Forest Land and eclosure was constructed. Elk Resource Management Plan. The Creek was one of si eclosures constructed in the Boise River drainage between 1927 and 1931 to study the effects of livestock grazing site is used as an eclosure to study grazing effects on shrubsteppe vegetation. The site is surrounded by grazed Boise National Forest lands. X Federal Aid in Fish Restoration: Job Numbers 3(Mc)-a, - b1, -b2, -c, -d, -e Payette Idaho Dept. of ted Fish and Game The lake studies need to be continued for a number of years in order to draw any valid conclusions. McCall Subregion Lakes, Reservoirs, and Streams Investigations, Little Payette Lake Creel Census Results, Technical Guidance, and Salmon and Steelhead Investigations. X 2

3 Livestock impact on riparian, wildlife habitat and water quality. EMMETT ISLAND FENCE Payette Ongoin g 1999 Bureau of Land Management Potential Impact of Water Quality: POSITIVE LOW/SUR FACE WATER CONSTRUCTION OF A FENCE TO KEEP LIVESTOCK OUT OF AN UNALLOTTED AREA OF WILDLIFE HABITAT. X GOODRICH CREEK Weiser Idaho Department of Fish and Game ted 1992 Conservation 1998 Data Center Minimal cattle grazing was observed in 1997 at the etreme downstream and upstream ends of the creek in the site. Most of the surrounding land is grazed by Cattle grazing and, to a lesser livestock, and some wander up etent, timber harvest are the the gentle slopes to the ridgecrest dominant land use surrounding along the eastern boundary. No the site. This conservation site grazing has been observed on the is wholly within and is defined steep shrublands above Goodrich by Goodrich Creek RNA. Creek. X BOILING SPR.TIMBER SALE Weiser Ongoin g 1999 Bureau of Land Management Overcrowdi ng of timber and insect infestation. SELECTIVELY HARVEST 1MM BOARD FEET OF MEDIUM TO HEAVILY STOCKED TIMBER. INSECT- INFESTED AREAS WILL BE HEAVILY MARKED TO FAVOR SANITATION. OVER- CROWDED STANDS WILL BE THINNED TO STIMULATE GROWTH. THERE WILL BE.2 MILE OF NEW ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND 1.8 MILES OF ROAD RENOVATION. X 3

4 Effects of culverts on fish population persistence: tools for prioritizing fish passage restoration projects in the Middle Snake USDA Forest, Rocky Mountain Research Province, ID Boise Station Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Washington State University, University of Idaho, Pacific Mitigation of marine-derived nutrient loss in the Boise-Payette- Weiser subbasin., ID Boise 2003 Northwest Research Station, Idaho Office of Species 2003 Conservation Inventory and Assessment of Stream/Riparian Resources, upper Boise and upper Payette River Subbasins, Idaho, ID Boise White Horse Associates, Inc. Lower Boise River Wetlands Restoration Project, ID Boise 2003 Pioneer Irrigation 2003 District 4

5 Idaho Department of Fish and Game Southern Idaho Wildlife Mitigation - Middle Snake, ID Boise 2003 and Idaho Office of Species 2003 Conservation Central Highlands Squaw Creek Cooperative Fisheries Restoration Project, ID Payette 2003 Resource Conservation and Development 2003 Council Idaho Department of Fish and Game and Idaho Fishery Restoration of the Gold Fork River, ID Payette 2003 Office of Species 2003 Conservation Deadwood River and Clear Creek Drainages Roads Analysis and Repair, ID Payette Compare the parrsmolt transformation of nonanadromous and anadromous populations of Oncorhynchus mykiss, ID Weiser USDA Forest, Boise National Forest Idaho Department of Fish and Game Idaho Habitat Management Southwest 2003 IDFG IDFG Anuual budget for WMA

6 Habitat Improvement Projects (HIP) Southwest IDFG IDFG feed, cover, wetlands, and riparian condition Food plot, shrub and tree planting, fencing, nesting cover, wetland enhancement, and wetland creation on state lands. Silver Creek Research Weir Removal Valley Approv ed Valley RAC Title II South Fork Payette Noious Weed Treatment Boise ted Boise RAC Title II Upgrade Adams County Weed Department Adams Approv ed Adams RAC Title II Fall Creek Warming Hut P# O3003 Boise NF Elmore RAC Title II Joint Weed Control Facility P# O3004 Boise NF Boise RAC Title II Valley County Integrated Noious Weed Control P# O3005 Boise NF Valley RAC Title II Friends of the Trail Noious Weed Control P# O3007 Payette NF Adams RAC Title II Third Fork Resurfacing P# O3008 Boise NF Gem RAC Title II 6

7 Washington County, Lower, Lower Payette CWMAs' Noious Weed Treatment P# O3009 Payette NF Washington RAC Title II 4th of July Creek Bridge Replacement P# O3010 Payette NF Washington RAC Title II Mountain Home YCC P# O3012 Boise NF Elmore RAC Title II Neal Bridge Engineering Study P# O3013 Boise NF Elmore RAC Title II Pine Bridge Engineering Study P# O3014 Boise NF Elmore RAC Title II Fall Creek Rd Engineering Study P# O3015 Boise NF Elmore RAC Title II Cattle Guard Replacement P# O3016 Boise NF Elmore RAC Title II Council Mtn Bull Trout Habitat Fence P# O3017 Payette NF Adams RAC Title II Recreation Road Improvement P# O3018 Boise NF Boise RAC Title II 7

8 Timberjack Slash Bundler (Demo Project) P# O3020 Boise NF Boise RAC Title II Lowman Emergency s Building P# O3021 Boise NF Boise RAC Title II Indian Mountain Cattle Allotment Rider P# O3022 Payette Adams RAC Title II Bear Community Ditch Diversion and Fish Screen P# O3023 Payette NF Adams RAC Title II Hwy 21 Mechanical Fuels Reduction P# O2011A Boise NF Boise RAC Title II Hwy 21 Mechanical Fuels Reduction P# O2011B Boise NF Boise RAC Title II Public Lands Access Road Maintenance P# O2012 Boise NF Boise RAC Title II North Fork Boise River Road Stabilization P# O2013 Boise NF Boise RAC Title II Replace Culverts on Middle Fork Weiser Road P# O2021 Payette NF Adams RAC Title II 8

9 Protect and Restore Little Salmon River P# O2029 Payette NF Adams, Idaho RAC Title II East Fork Ditch Co. Fish Screen and Passage P# O2035 Payette NF Adams RAC Title II streambank protection study flood control study inactive stream modification emergency flood control recon study snagging and clearing Gladhart Lane, LITTLE SER RIVER 1997 Cambridge, LITTLE SER RIVER 1995 Idaho, LOWER RIVER AND TRIBUTARI ES 1995 Idaho, SER RIVER 1993 Boise, RIVER 1990 Engineers Engineers Engineers Engineers Engineers Ada and Canyon Counties, RIVER 1989 Engineers 9

10 pre-auth study snagging and clearing snagging and clearing snagging and clearing Elmore County, SOUTH FORK RIVER 1989 Pine, SOUTH FORK RIVER 1985 Washington County, SER RIVER 1984 Ada County, RIVER 1983 Engineers Engineers Engineers Engineers Garden City, pre-auth flood study RIVER 1982 Engineers flood control study emergency repairs emergency work Middleton, MILL SLOUGH 1982 Cambridge, LITTLE SER RIVER 1979 Engineers Engineers Emmett City, ETTE RIVER 1979 Engineers 10

11 emergency work emergency repairs emergency repairs Idaho, EAST FORK RIVER 1978 FORD SMITH LOCATION, SER RIVER 1977 Washington County, SER RIVER MILE 9 TO Engineers Engineers Engineers emergency work emergency work Idaho, RIVER 1976 MILNER LEVEE, RIVER 1976 Engineers Engineers emergency work STILLWEL L LEVEE, RIVER 1976 Engineers special flood hazard study Caldwell, RIVER 1975 Engineers flood control study Boise, RIVER 1971 Engineers 11

12 Boise River upstream Juvenile bull trout from and reservoir habitat use including and preferred prey Arrowrock investigation Res. Ongoin g Boise State University and Bureau of Reclamation This M.S.-level graduate research project is being conducted by Boise State University in conjunction with the US Bureau of Reclamation. We are using radio telemetry to monitor the movements of juvenile migratory bull trout over 2 years. efforts are focused on habitat use and movement within Arrowrock Reservoir during and after the drawdown associated with repair work being done on the dam. We intend to evaluate movement, habitat use, and feeding in the reservoir. Additionally, we will identify sources of mortality and the etent of entrainment through Arrowrock Dam. This project is ongoing and is part of a larger USBR study of bull trout biology and ecology upstream from Arrowrock Dam. Fieldwork will be completed in the spring of Joker Creek Culvert Upgrade / East Fork ted A fish impassable culvert near the mouth of Joker Creek (Forest Road 50172) was replaced with an open bottom arch culvert. Little Seasonal Riparian Eclosure / Little ted A two strand electric fence was installed in 2002 to eliminate livestock from entering the stream channel during bull trout spawning and while the eggs where in the substrate. The fence is maintained from August 15 through the end of the grazing season. 12

13 Anderson Creek Seasonal Riparian Eclosure / Little ted A two strand electric fence was constructed to eliminate livestock access to known bull trout spawning locations from August 15 through the end of the grazing season. Sheep Creek Seasonal Riparian Eclosure / Little ted A two strand electric fence was constructed to eliminate livestock access to known bull trout spawning locations from August 15 through the end of the grazing season. Dewey Creek Seasonal Riparian Eclosure / East Fork ted A two strand electric fence was constructed to eliminate livestock access to known bull trout spawning locations from August 15 through the end of the grazing season. East Fork Weiser River Seasonal Riparian Eclosure / East Fork ted A two strand electric fence was constructed to eliminate livestock access to known bull trout spawning locations from August 15 through the end of the grazing season. Summit Creek Large Woody Debris Placement / Hornet Creek / North Hornet Creek ted This project was off-site mitigation for the Federal Highway Department project ""Council Cuprum Road"". Large wood was placed in the Summit Creek subwatershed to improve cover, shade, pool frequency and streambank stability. 13

14 Sheep Creek Willow Planting / Little ted Willow cutting were placed in the streambanks of Sheep Creek to increase shade and stabilize banks. The area is within the Sheep Creek meadow riparian eclosure that was constructed in the mid-1990s. East Fork Ditch Step Pool / East Fork ted This is part of the East Fork Ditch fish screen and fish passage project. In 2003, a step pool was created immediately downstream of the point of diversion dam for the ditch. The dam was an impassable barrier to upstream migrating fish, and the step pool comple will facilitate upstream passage. Sheep Creek Road Obliteration / Little ted The Sheep Creek Road (Forest Road 50180) was prone to rutting and was partially located within the riparian area of Sheep Creek. To eliminate the chronic effects of the erosion from the road, it was obliterated by recontouring, ripping, slashing, and re-seeding the road. Bull Corral Creek Fish Passage Restoration / Little ted An impassable culvert on Bull Corral Creek (road 50180) was removed as part of the Sheep Creek Road Obliteration Project. Fish passage at this location was restored. 14

15 East Fork Ditch Fish Screen and Bypass Channel / East Fork Ongoin g The portion of the fish screen project to complete in 2004 is construct horizontal flat plate screen with bypass channel. -round fish passage will be possible using either the bypass channel (months during irrigation season) or the step pool comple that was completed in 2003 (months outside of irrigation season). Once the screen is completed, fish will not have access to enter into the irrigation ditch. Little Watershed Large Woody Debris Project / Little Ongoin g Large woody debris will be added to Little reach 6, Sheep Creek reach 5, and Anderson Creek reach 5 to improve cover, shading, and pool frequency. These reaches of stream are currently lacking in pool frequency and / or large woody debris. This project is part of the Little Weiser Landscape Vegetation Management Project FEIS (2001). 15

16 Carrie and Upper Little Smoky Creek Large Woody Debris Enhancement Project South Fork Boise River drainage, Little Smoky Creek watershed ted The Sawtooth National Forest placed large woody debris clusters consisting of from one to three trees or logs at 19 sites on Carrie Creek and 19 sites on upper Little Smoky Creek. All of the clusters consisted of at least one channel-spanning log and all pieces were anchored by placement upstream of streamside trees, stumps, willow clusters, other LWD, etc. The intent of the project was to create or enhance pool habitat for redband (and possibly bull) trout. Zamzow WRP Payette ted 2003 Ducks 2003 Unlimited DU Deer Flat NWR Boise ted 2003 Ducks 2003 Unlimited DU Gooseberry Creek Boise ted 2003 RMEF RMEF 2003 Rocking M I, II Weiser ted 2003 RMEF RMEF 2003 Smith Property Boise ted 2003 RMEF RMEF

17 Garden Valley Community Park Middle Fork Payette Ongoin g Garden Valley Recreation District Garden Valley Recreation District The Garden Valley Recreation District has begun a 21-acre recreation site. The project consists of a network of interconnected corridors for fish and wildlife and public access. The proposed action and future actions will develop large and ecologically sensitive areas with facilities to accommodate visitor use and recreationists. The Garden Valley Recreation District has begun to develop and provide this opportunity to develop partially in a wetland along Middle Fork Payette River, upstream limit: Anderson Creek, downstream limit: South Fork Payette River, PNRS , NWW No Mahala Irrigation Diversion North Fork Payette, Lakefork Creek, Cascade Res. ted Mahala Ditch Co., Valley Soil & Water Conservation District, IDFG, Trout Unlimited, USBOR, IDEQ, IDWR, NRCS West Central Highlands Conservation & Developmen t Council, NRCS built fish ladder, added screens, opened 2 miles of habitat returned 50,000 trout to lake Harris Ranch side channel Boise River Ongoin g Trout Unlimited, Harris Ranch, IDFG, Boise Parks and Recreation Trout Unlimited, Land Trust of Treasure Valley, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation spawning, rearing create new side channel to Boise River 17

18 Cottonwood Creek Daylighting Boise River Ongoin g 2002 Trout Unlimited, Rotary Club, City of Boise, IDFG, U of I, USFS, BSU, 2005 IDWR Trout channel Unlimited, contained in Rotary Club, flume City of Boise open side channel to Boise River Island Creek side channel Boise River Eagle Island Ongoin g Trout Idaho Soil Unlimited, Ron Sali, IDFG, NRCS Conservation Commission, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation shallow, weed choked, poor substrate open and deepen channel, plant woody vegetation, cobble the bottom Boulder/Willow Subwatershed (Boulder Creek) North Fork Payette, Cascade Res Valley Soil and Water conservation District DEQ 319 Program Water Quality Fencing, Hardened crossings, Trees and scrubs, Stream bank restoration and stabilization, cattle eclusion, Pest management On site BMP inspections began before this 319 project, in 1993 to create base line data. Associated with this project three sites on Boulder Creek and one site on Willow Creek will be inspected on an annual basis Boulder/Willow Subwatershed (Willow Creek) North Fork Payette, Cascade Res Valley Soil and Water conservation District DEQ 319 Program Water Quality Fencing, Hardened crossings, Trees and scrubs, Stream bank restoration and stabilization, cattle eclusion, Pest management On site BMP inspections began before this 319 project, in 1993 to create base line data. Associated with this project three sites on Boulder Creek and one site on Willow Creek will be inspected on an annual basis Caldwell Stormwater Lower Boise River DEQ 319 Program Water Quality Sediment control BMPs for dirt roads Cascade Reservoir Watershed Roads and Forested Lands North Fork Payette, Cascade Res IDEQ - Boise Boise Cascade, 319 funds, Idaho Department of Lands and Water the USFS Quality Sediment control BMPs for dirt roads, gravel application and boulders preventing access net to a bridge Photopoints, sediment collection 18

19 Cascade Reservoir, Watershed and Roads North Fork Payette, Cascade Res IDEQ - Boise DEQ 319 Program Water Quality Dirt road surfaced with gravel Scriver Creek Watershed Roads and Forested Lands Middle Fork Payette River 1999, IDEQ - Boise Boise County, State Land Department, EPA 319 funding. USFS contributed highway engineering. Dan Book and Robert Smith of USFS managed the Water project Quality sediment boes are located at 4.39 miles and 7.6 miles up Scriver Creek road from the Middle Fork road turnoff Photopoints, sediment delivery model Scott & Mann Water Creeks Weiser 319 Program Quality Bob Mack Safe Harbor Agreement (SHA) for northern Idaho ground squirrels in Adams County. Weiser te 2000 USFWS Soulen Livestock Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) for southern Idaho ground squirrels in Washington and Payette Counties Payette/Weis er te 2002 USFWS 19

20 Wildlife management agreement Washington County Wrightman, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Project; USFWS Roswell Duck Club Wetland restoration Lower Boise Roswell Duck Club, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Project USFWS Upland habitat restoration for southern Idaho ground squirrels Washington County Phillips, Weiser Cove Farm, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Project USFWS Osborn Ranch Adams County Osborn, Osborn Ranch, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Project; USFWS Riparian restoration Santero Land Company-Parma Restoration Lower Boise Moroney, Santero Land Company, Partners for Fish and Wildlife USFWS Riparian and wetland restoration Circle C Ranch Adams County Mills, Circle C Ranch, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Project USFWS Riparian and wetlands protection Jones Project Payette Jones, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Project USFWS Riparian protection on the Payette River 20

21 Victory Pond Lower Boise Ada Soil and Water Conservation District, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Project USFWS Wastewater treatment and habitat development Riversprings WRP Canyon County CB Riversprings Ranch, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Project USFWS Wetland development and management Novinger Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Novinger, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Project USFWS Habitat protection and restoration on Dry Creek Browns Industries Adams County Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Browns Industries, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Project USFWS Wetland restoration and protection Payette River Ranch Payette Fischer, Payette River Ranch, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Project USFWS Riparian protection on the Payette River 21